Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 69 88
Rank change year-on-year +47 +19 +43
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 178 50 41
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 9.45% 2.70% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.64% 2.95% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 30 30
10th Percentile £409 £464 £474
25th Percentile £463 £507 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £638
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +1.96% +10.87%
75th Percentile £675 £747 £696
90th Percentile £796 £806 £778
Central London median daily rate £550 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,673 1,697 2,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.85% 91.48% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,162 1,014 1,533
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £429 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +0.88% -4.20%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £779 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £52.64 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -4.10%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 8 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge +1 1 £725 - 1
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.99%) Confluence
2 8 (4.49%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (6.74%) MS Visio
2 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.56%) SPSS
5 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (4.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.81%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (2.25%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (2.25%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.69%) Oracle Cash Management
4 3 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.12%) Loan IQ
5 2 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (1.12%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.56%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.56%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.56%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.22%) Azure
2 18 (10.11%) Power Platform
3 17 (9.55%) AWS
4 12 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.06%) GCP
7 5 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.81%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.25%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.25%) SaaS
8 4 (2.25%) Serverless
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.69%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.69%) IaaS
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.69%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.12%) Alation
10 2 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.12%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.81%) Firewall
2 4 (2.25%) Network Security
2 4 (2.25%) VPN
3 3 (1.69%) DHCP
3 3 (1.69%) DNS
4 1 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.56%) NAS
4 1 (0.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.43%) Power BI
2 6 (3.37%) Tableau
3 5 (2.81%) Metadata
3 5 (2.81%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.69%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.69%) Data Vault
4 3 (1.69%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.12%) Looker
5 2 (1.12%) MySQL
5 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.56%) Big Data
6 1 (0.56%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.56%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.56%) Informix
6 1 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (16.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.56%) ERwin
3 1 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
3 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 84 (47.19%) Finance
2 79 (44.38%) Social Skills
3 38 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (17.98%) Banking
5 14 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.18%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.62%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.93%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.37%) Front Office
9 6 (3.37%) Legal
10 5 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.25%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.25%) Marketing
11 4 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.25%) Retail
12 3 (1.69%) Aviation
12 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (26.97%) Analyst
2 33 (18.54%) Business Analyst
3 23 (12.92%) Senior
4 21 (11.80%) Architect
5 20 (11.24%) Project Manager
6 19 (10.67%) Lead
7 15 (8.43%) Consultant
8 11 (6.18%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (4.49%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.93%) Data Analyst
11 7 (3.93%) Senior Business Analyst
12 6 (3.37%) Payments Analyst
12 6 (3.37%) Payments Business Analyst
12 6 (3.37%) Programme Manager
13 5 (2.81%) Banking Analyst
13 5 (2.81%) Cloud Architect
13 5 (2.81%) Senior Project Manager
13 5 (2.81%) Technical Leader
14 4 (2.25%) Insurance Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.81%) LangChain
2 4 (2.25%) LangGraph
3 3 (1.69%) REST
4 2 (1.12%) .NET
4 2 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.56%) A2A Protocol
5 1 (0.56%) JSON
5 1 (0.56%) Kafka
5 1 (0.56%) Middleware
5 1 (0.56%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.56%) OpenID
5 1 (0.56%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.56%) React
5 1 (0.56%) SAML
5 1 (0.56%) Spring
5 1 (0.56%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.99%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.30%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.62%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.37%) AI Agents
6 5 (2.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.25%) PMI
7 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.69%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.69%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.12%) Derivative
9 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.12%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.37%) Windows
2 4 (2.25%) Linux
3 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (32.02%) Agile
2 36 (20.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (15.73%) DevOps
4 28 (15.73%) Migration
5 27 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (14.61%) Project Management
6 26 (14.61%) Workshop Facilitation
7 24 (13.48%) Analytics
7 24 (13.48%) Risk Management
8 23 (12.92%) Decision-Making
9 22 (12.36%) Project Delivery
9 22 (12.36%) Requirements Gathering
10 21 (11.80%) Change Management
11 20 (11.24%) Roadmaps
12 19 (10.67%) Business Analysis
13 18 (10.11%) User Acceptance Testing
14 17 (9.55%) AI
14 17 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (8.99%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.99%) SQL
2 8 (4.49%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.93%) Python
4 5 (2.81%) Java
5 3 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.12%) Korn
7 1 (0.56%) C#
7 1 (0.56%) C++
7 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.56%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.56%) R
7 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 25 (14.04%) SC Cleared
1 25 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.24%) Degree
3 9 (5.06%) PMI Certification
4 8 (4.49%) PMP
5 6 (3.37%) CBAP
6 5 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.69%) APMG
7 3 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.69%) CISSP
7 3 (1.69%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.12%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.12%) CFA
8 2 (1.12%) CISM
8 2 (1.12%) ISEB
8 2 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.55%) QA
2 14 (7.87%) Data Quality
3 13 (7.30%) GDPR
4 10 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (3.37%) NIST
6 5 (2.81%) GRC
6 5 (2.81%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.81%) PMO
6 5 (2.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (2.25%) ISO 20022
7 4 (2.25%) Solvency II
8 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.69%) PSD2
9 2 (1.12%) ISO 8583
9 2 (1.12%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.56%) Basel III
10 1 (0.56%) GAAP
10 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.56%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.56%) Docker
4 1 (0.56%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (3.93%) Terraform
2 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.56%) Ansible
4 1 (0.56%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.56%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.56%) vMotion
Vendors
1 37 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.43%) SAP
3 13 (7.30%) Oracle
4 9 (5.06%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.49%) Databricks
6 7 (3.93%) Google
7 5 (2.81%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.25%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.69%) Charles River
9 3 (1.69%) Informatica
9 3 (1.69%) VMware
9 3 (1.69%) Workday
10 2 (1.12%) Ariba
10 2 (1.12%) Guidewire
10 2 (1.12%) Remedy
10 2 (1.12%) Talend
11 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.56%) Planview
11 1 (0.56%) Veeam